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Wednesday, February 6, 1918

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The Headlines

GERMAN PLOTTERS GET LAW'S LIMIT; Rintelen and Ten Others Go to Prison at Hard Labor and Must Pay $2,000 and Costs. PUT FIRE BOMBS ON SHIPS Judge Howe Sorry Statute Allows Him to Impose Only18-Month Terms. GERMAN PLOTTERS GET LAW'S LIMIT

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Till We Meet Again

Richard A. Whiting

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • British women over the age of 30 who meet minimum property qualifications, get the right to vote when Representation of the People Act 1918 is passed by Parliament.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1918

  • The Yanks are coming

Tech Check

Superheterodyne Radio Receiver, Enigma Machine (Early Version) & Hydraulic Brakes.

Cost of Living (1910)

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Gallon of Gas

$0.15

Average Home

$3,600

New Car

$950

Time Elapsed

39,567 days ago

(108 years, 147 days)